Long I remember
When alone I’d run
To the sea side shores
For sandy mud-pun walks
On where waves lengths strength
Stretched and end reached
And never passed
And on cliffs patched
Where nests all sea birds
Was a shamble of noises
And a squabble of fights

Some were stealing from others
Others were killing others
Many were murdering in angers
Little were busy battling hungers
Rest were roosting and resting  
Grooving and grooming

Sporadically, a Tern would call
Kwi! Kwi! Kwi-kwiii!
He would gather his feathers
And fully beautifully display
Their clean preened length
Before her maternal mate
To strengthen their eternal fate
And she would appreciate
With gestures affectionate
Her lover’s majestic exhibit

A pair of Puffins pretty would come-Penguins and Magpies black-white coats
Rainbow beaks, puffed cheeks and orange webbed-feet beautiful creatures
Innocent as ever, active as always with mouthfuls of sea foods-fishes
Irregular, her wobbling gait weighed down by her food and hasty walks home-
Worried hurry to luckily escape being bullied and robbed his foetuses’ foods
Along the long ways home full of lethal ruthless poachers and predators:
Feral opportunists and scavengers lurking near paths to their nests
Pitiful I’d feel at how unfair nature is to these hardworking birds
And helpless how they would surrender their hard-earned meals

With Hornbills’-heavy headed huge beak, Ducks’-webbed feet
Fowls’-heavy flying body and an imbalanced Penguins’ wobbling walks
She can’t match the Petrels and Ravens merciless ruthlessness
The Gulls’, and Kittiwakes’-scissor sharp beaks
The Hawks and Ospreys lethal hooked beaks
The Gannets’ and Kites cheetahs’-top speeds
Or the sitting Sea-Steller swift lift of their wings strength  
Piteously he surrenders his hard worked worth meals
And risks another long journey back to survive

A Gull would run, chasing the receding waves
Fast pick a pebble-like coloured sea shell crustaceans
Then poke his long hooked-edge beak
To peep and see if there was anything worth to peak
Of the wavy tides hustles and the sea-side buzzing bustles
The patience of waiting, of watching and of walking
Before the stealth Stilts, their competitor strides
And another giant wave of waves roars and come calling
And they wiggle as they walk and run to escape his sad slaps on sands

The Walrus and the Otters
The Sea-Lions and the Cormorants
Would all nest to rest invest and reinvests
On their furs and feathers fond interests
The Seals and their pretty Pups all would leisure
In colonies on wet large rocks far and away
From washing-waves and terrible-tides and sea-sands
And their Bellow and low and moo like loud grumbles
The irregular moo-mee! Dins of the fish markets rumbles
Would fill and drown the sea-side sounds
Mother besides kids-compassionate
Protecting its investigative innocence
From the cruel colony crushing crashes

Then there would come the tranquility of twilight
The much awaited time for all sea-lovers and watchers
The last of coastal day’s romantic rushes-lovers large leaving to burn their passions
A time when lovers would leave their cottages comforts hand-in-hand: arm-in-arm
To cuddle and cradle and canoodle-to freely display their amorous love
In the sands and mud’s pads, last before the sun bids them another goodbye
The mother of all coastal auburn burn magnificence-the setting sun
The colours of the coastlines as the sun burns touched the ocean’s horizons
It so an enthralling, captivating sight of the sun and the sea and the scenic serenity

The nights quiet with billions lights of signaling stars
and the midnight’s silent with the gleaning moons
These are the nights of the most patient, passionate, romantic passengers-the night watchers
Beautiful! Munificent! Glamorous! Awesome! Splendid! Spectacular!
I’d use all the adjectives there is to describe the alluring scenery of the moments  
So precious-so peaceful to the mind, to the soul and to the heart-a holistic healing
The captured memories of the stars studded nights and the magnificent moonlit midnights
Alone in the nights with just the silences of the soothing breezes on the palms fronds-restful!

© Kìùra Kabiri. All rights reserved.

And now it’s been one year and during that span,
Instead of sowing presidential unity,
Division has been his stand.
Our courts saw religious prejudice
In Trump’s “Muslim Travel Ban”,
And then “Repeal and Replace” didn’t take place,
No Paris Climate Accord we couldn’t afford
For what reasons I’m stumped; ask Donald Trump.

The “Unite the Right” rally August 2017
In Charlottesville, VA turned a violent scene
To maintain a statue of Robert E. Lee
Resulting in 38 injuries and death count three;
White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and more
Swastikas, racist banners, and Trump/Pence signs bore –
Our president was slow to deplore.
We were hoping for more!!

NFL players kneeling with hearts inequality feeling,
May we all work together to fix that wrong,
But none should disrespect our nation’s flag or song.
And to our hot-headed president:
These are not “SOB’s” but Americans wronged;
Let’s join together in heart, hand, and song
And let our freedoms ring!!
Together, let our freedoms ring!!

Is it to gain the upper negotiating hand
Via intimidation, blasts, and derogatory slams
We hear “My button is bigger than your button”
Or possibly “Mine is bigger than yours”
To “Little Rocket Man”?
What do we make of “a real nut case”,
“lost his mind”, “Pocahontas”, or “Kenyan born”
When he gets in your face
And dishes up scorn?
They feed raw meat it seems
To boys raised in Queens,
Some boys raised in Queens!!

The stock market in 2017 has been a happy story,
And more than one political faction would like to claim that glory.
Tax Reform 2017 “rocket fuel to the economy” should be
If corporate management doesn’t just pocket the change
But rather in exchange
Reinvests and redevelops whole-heartedly
In superior, smart American workforce job opportunities
That render products competitive and yet of superior quality
That consider the entire material life cycle with optimum efficiency
And planet responsibility,
So that when the American-made name brand goes on,
It is a symbol of reliability and customer service world renown.
To that goal and gaining,
I hope to corporate management our president is campaigning –
Not just for tax reform, that’s all,
But rather rebirth from within,
The best ever manufacturing America,
Service sector, et al!!

“I have determined that it is time…”, on 12/6/2017 our president spoke,
“to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel”.  No joke!!
This was not at all humorous to the Arab world
And for them one less negotiating piece
To bargain with in a two-state search for peace.
“It is time for the many who desire peace
To expel the extremists from their midst”
This is of greater importance to peace;
That is the gist!!